Watch Neil Oliver share his take on the introduction of digital ID cards, delivered just a day before it was revealed they are set to come into force.

The GB News star thinks the proposal, which the Government will say is a bid to crack down on illegal migration, is dystopian and will severely restrict the freedoms of Britons.

“I have so many questions, do you want Tony Blair knowing how you spend your hard-earned money?”, he asked on GB News.

“Do you want the likes of William Hague contemplating your recent carbon footprint to decide if you can buy a plane ticket?

“Look at the timing. Just when so many are on their knees in the West, the impossible cost of living, taxed, terrified, enraged, threatened with war, up to and including nuclear war.

“People smell the petrol rising around their knees, or is it around their necks? It smells like fear or defeat.”

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He continued: “Have you heard anything in a suit branded with a political party badge speaking loudly, clearly and comprehensively against the locking of the digital cage with the digital key that is digital ID? Do let me know if you have.

“For me, the silence is deafening.”

The Prime Minister is expected to announce his backing for a digital ID rollout in a speech as early as Friday.

Sir Keir Starmer will argue it’s a move to ramp up Government efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.

The so-called “Brit card” would confirm a citizen’s right to live and work in the UK.

Anyone starting a new job would be required to show the card, which will then be checked against a database.

Neil thinks the measure has little to do with immigration and is instead a “last grab for a world in which we can’t even be rid of them”.

He added: “Digital ID is nothing less than the antithesis of humanity and being human. It is about slavery.

“It is about contempt for the people by a self-proclaimed elite. This is the hill not to die on, but upon which to celebrate and perpetuate life itself.”

The mechanism aims to prevent unauthorised employment by establishing a systematic checking process.

Employers would use the system to confirm prospective workers’ legal status before hiring them.

The scheme represents a technological approach to workforce verification, moving beyond traditional paper-based documentation.

By digitising the process, authorities seek to create a more robust system for monitoring employment eligibility across the country.

The proposals would need to undergo public consultation before any implementation could proceed.

Parliamentary approval through new legislation would also be essential for establishing the system.